strategist karen skelton who worked in the clinton white house. she runs her own phil, skelton strategies. we have joe gar foley who is following the race for the "san francisco chronicle" and pollster from lake research looking at the latest numbers from across the swing states. great to have you all inside "the war room. the only reason why i said that joe is because you're not really a reporter. i just wanted to preserve your -- so let me ask you, there was a brief detente while the storm stuff was festering. now they're back on the campaign trail swinging. do you think they should be negative this last weekend? >> it is the checkered flag. it's time. it's done. >> jennifer: meaning they should or shouldn't? >> they should. this is the time now -- >> jennifer: this is it. >> if they're ever going to get their base out they have a few more days. it's red meat time. they're throwing everything they can out there just to get their base. >> jennifer: speaking of red meat david so we've got all of the polls this barrage of polls that shows this mome